Following the departure of former ex-In Contempt vocalist Johan Fröjd from the ranks of Swedish Black Metal act Gast (“Ghost” or “Poltergeist“) in 2024 many wondered how a follow up to 2019’s well received debut album “Mörkret kallar” (or “The Darkness Calls“) would even be possible. However the remaining trio of musicians, bassist Mikaela Åkesson, drummer Joel
The past four years have been an incredible journey down the left hand path for Irish Progressive Metal quartet Uragh. Formed in 2022, they won Metal 2 The Masses and playing the New Blood Stage at Bloodstock Open Air Festival in 2023 before the grand unveiling of their debut album “Maelstrom” in April 2024. An
“This EP is heavier and more progressive than anything we’ve released before. There are doomier riffs, more atmosphere and more space in the songs, but the core of it is still melody and emotional impact. It feels like a natural evolution, just darker and more fully realised.” ~ Solothurn
Having brought Technical Death Metal to the masses as Bloodstock, Tech-Fest and Mammothfest over the past thirteen years, not to mention opening for such household names as Decapitated, The Black Dahlia Murder and Suffocation, the reputation of Bristol natives Embodiment precedes them. It has been six long years since the events of their sophomore album
“‘Cyst Megalith’ is our first proper foray into a faster tempo of muck and aural detritus. It results in our shortest non-instrumental song to date, a stark contrast when paired with the longest and darkest song thus far on this EP. ‘Cyst’ expresses the growing mound of mental trauma that manifests into a growth encompassing
“This record is a sermon from the void — five hymns for a world unravelling. It’s the sound of what’s left when everything else burns away.” ~ Noah Annandale
Born to burn as a collaboration between drummer Debla and guitarist/vocalist Gabriel (Black Oath, The Rite, Extirpation), and later completed by guitarist Eros (Extirpation, Funest) and bassist/vocalist Santo (Araphel, Demonomancy), Italian Death Doom Metal newcomers Eternal Mourn seek to pay homage to the legends of the 1990’s in genre defining acts such as Paradise Lost, Katatonia and Cemetary. They
Born from a mutual love of anarchic, angry sludge of bands like Iron Monkey and Eyehategod, Nottingham England was the place that Tomb Slab was formed in 2024. The quartet, who comprise The Atrocity Exhibit guitarist James Caygill, The Infernal Sea vocalist Dean Lettice, Oneiros bassist John Hunter and Shrykull drummer Kez Whelan had ideas above their
“We took time to fully immerse ourselves in the writing process and build a cohesive concept rooted in a single cinematic moment of horror. This album reflects a deeper understanding of who we are as artists.” ~ Eaten By Sharks
Five long years after their last taped confession, Denver Colorado Metalcore outfit Under Auburn Skies return with third record “Diminisher Of Hope”. In the past with 2021’s “Invention of Reason” and 2018’s “Afterimage” they have been found at the edge of the world where raw energy meets immersive atmosphere and soaring melodies. This time however they
